Quinta das Lamelas
Casa da Quinta das Laranjeiras
| Founded |
1913 |
| Owner |
José António da Fonseca Augusto Guedes |
| Vineyards |
Quinta das Lamelas, Quinta das Laranjeiras |
“Casa da Quinta das Laranjeiras”, was born in 1836, being a family company. They market their wines under the brand Quinta das Lamelas. Quinta das Lamelas makes exquisite old tawnies and white port. In addition, since 2006 they have also been making vintage port.
| Quinta das Lamelas Vintages: | 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
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Vintage Port tasting notes:
| House | Quinta das Lamelas | Vintage | 2006 |
| Colour | Dark ruby with just a hint of yellowness in the edge. | Number of tastings | 3 |
| Bouquet | Still some dark berries, cacao, dark chocolate, nuts, coffee, herbs and some spiciness in the nose. | Score range | 15.50 - 16.25 |
| Taste | Lovely body. Still round and elegant tannins and will of course improve. Balanced and quite attractive in taste with lots of things such as dark berries, cacao, toffee, herbs and spiciness. Dry but quite elegant and rather a long and quite intensive finish. | Average score | 16.00 |
| Last tasted | 26th October 2024 | Point this date | 16.25 |
| Comment | At home with the family.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta das Lamelas | Vintage | 2007 |
| Colour | Dark ruby in colour. | Number of tastings | 4 |
| Bouquet | Dark Cherry, mulberry, herbs sweet liquorice and dark chocolate, flowers and a hint of smokiness in the nose. | Score range | 15.50 - 16.50 |
| Taste | Almost full bodied. Still quite immature with nice and very elegant tannins, but easy to drink and like but will be much better. Very elegant and complex with a lovely, long and very promising finish. Will be exciting to follow. | Average score | 16.06 |
| Last tasted | 26th November 2021 | Point this date | 16.50 |
| Comment | Tasted at the Port Wine Festival in Leverkusen, Germany.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta das Lamelas | Vintage | 2009 |
| Colour | Dark blue almost black in colour. | Number of tastings | 2 |
| Bouquet | Dark berry, dark chocolate, liquorice, spiciness and cinnamon in the nose. | Score range | 16.00 - 16.25 |
| Taste | Medium body. Still quite immature with some round and lovely tannin. Liquorice and cinnamon in taste. Balanced and quite round and complex with a long and attractive finish. Will be better but already today quite enjoyable. | Average score | 16.13 |
| Last tasted | 24th December 2020 | Point this date | 16.25 |
| Comment | Tasted at home with the family.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta das Lamelas | Vintage | 2010 |
| Colour | Dark blue almost black in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Still almost juicy with lots of fruit in the nose. | | |
| Taste | Medium body. Immature with lots of tannin but rather easy to drink. Berry and fruity in taste. Nice finish. | | |
| Last tasted | 12th September 2014 | Rating this date | Very Good |
| Comment | In Portologia’s Bar in Porto at the trip to Porto – Douro, Portugal with the Port Wine Club est. 1981 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Port so young we evaluate only as : Good – Very good- Impressive – Very Impressive | Tasters | SAI, JB |
| House | Quinta das Lamelas | Vintage | 2012 |
| Colour | Dark ruby. | Number of tastings | 4 |
| Bouquet | Mulberry, black current, blue berry, ripe cherry, dark berry, spring flowers and some milk chocolate in the nose. | Score range | 15.90 - 16.00 |
| Taste | Medium body and soft tannins. Rather dry. Balanced and elegant with mulberry, dark berry and spring flowers in taste and with a nice and quite attractive and long finish. Will be very interesting to follow! | Average score | 15.97 |
| Last tasted | 26th November 2021 | Point this date | 16.00 |
| Comment | Tasted at the Port Wine Festival in Leverkusen, Germany.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta das Lamelas | Vintage | 2013 |
| Colour | Very dark blue in colour. | Number of tastings | 2 |
| Bouquet | Dark berry such as mulberry, black berry, black cherry but also toffee, some liquorice and herbs in the nose. | Score range | 16.00 - 16.25 |
| Taste | Medium body. Still tannins and will of course be much better but is a little mature and very promising. Dark berries, lots of liquorice and herbs in taste with a lovely, quite long and attractive finish. Will be interesting to follow. Very promising indeed. | Average score | 16.13 |
| Last tasted | 4th March 2023 | Point this date | 16.25 |
| Comment | At the Port Wine Fair in Roskilde, Denmark.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta das Lamelas | Vintage | 2014 |
| Colour | Dark blue in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Dark berry, mulberry and black berry in the nose. | | |
| Taste | Medium body. Immature with lots of tannin and will of course be much better. Very acidic and promising. Mulberry and dark berry in taste with a long and attractive finish. Will be interesting to follow. | | |
| Last tasted | 3rd March 2018 | Rating this date | Very Good/ Impressive |
| Comment | At the Port Wine Fair in Roskilde, Denmark.
Port so young we evaluate only as : Good – Very good- Impressive – Very Impressive | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta das Lamelas | Vintage | 2015 |
| Colour | Dark blue in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Mulberry, fruit, dark berry in the nose | | |
| Taste | Medium body. Immature with lots of tannin but not so hard to swallow. Quite sweet. Easy to enjoy even if a bit juicy but with a nice finish. | | |
| Last tasted | 3rd March 2018 | Rating this date | Very Good |
| Comment | At the Port Wine Fair in Roskilde, Denmark.
Port so young we evaluate only as : Good – Very good- Impressive – Very Impressive | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta das Lamelas | Vintage | 2016 |
| Colour | Dark ruby in colour. | Number of tastings | 6 |
| Bouquet | Dark berry, dark cherry, mulberry, blackberry, dried fruit and some spiciness with pepper in the nose. | Score range | 15.40 - 15.40 |
| Taste | Medium body. A lot of tannin of course and very immature but balanced with blackberry, mulberry but also nuts, pepper and cardamom in taste and a hint of oak. Exciting indeed. Quite sweet. The finish is loaded with tannin and very attractive. Will be lovely to follow. | Average score | 15.40 |
| Last tasted | 26th November 2021 | Point this date | 15.40 |
| Comment | Tasted at the Port Wine Festival in Leverkusen, Germany.
| Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta das Lamelas | Vintage | 2017 |
| Colour | Ruby in colour. | Number of tastings | 3 |
| Bouquet | Dark berry such as mulberry and black berry, cacao, chocolate and some orange in the nose. | | |
| Taste | Medium body. Balanced and very elegant. Easy to drink and enjoy already today with dark berry, cacao and some spiciness in taste. Quite sweet. Elegant round tannins in the finish. Will be interested to follow. | | |
| Last tasted | 26th November 2021 | Rating this date | Impressive |
| Comment | Tasted at the Port Wine Festival in Leverkusen, Germany.
Port so young we evaluate only as : Good – Very good- Impressive – Very Impressive | Tasters | SAI, JB, SS |
| House | Quinta das Lamelas | Vintage | 2018 |
| Colour | Ruby in colour. | Number of tastings | 1 |
| Bouquet | Dark berry such as mulberry and black berry and ripe plum in in the nose. | | |
| Taste | Medium body, medium tannins. Quite sweet finish. | | |
| Last tasted | 26th November 2021 | Rating this date | Very Good |
| Comment | Tasted at the Port Wine Festival in Leverkusen, Germany.
Port so young we evaluate only as : Good – Very good- Impressive – Very Impressive | Tasters | JB |